$300 Gaming PC

[Masaki 7-11]

While looking through newegg, I thought it would be interesting to spec out a $300 Gaming PC with decent quality parts and good performance. Here is what I came up with:


LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE Model GH22NP20
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827136144
$20.99

IN WIN IW-Z589T.AQ350BL Black Steel MicroATX Mini Tower Computer Case 350W Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811108073
$54.99

Western Digital Caviar RE WD2500YD 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136010
$44.99

ASUS M2N-MX SE Plus AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131249
$46.99

HIS Hightech H465FS512P Radeon HD 4650 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161262
$59.99

OCZ Vista Upgrade 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2VU8002GK
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227189
$23.99

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane 2.6GHz Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor Model ADO5000DOBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103211
$59.00

Subtotal: $310.94

This price doesn't include an OS, but if you can't afford to buy a version of windows, using a linux OS such as ubuntu with the WINE software will allow you to use most games/applications designed for windows on the linux OS.

[David M]

I hate to say it but don't expect to be able to play any of the new games that have any serious graphics requirements for $300.

You don't start reaching that point until you hit roughly around $800 or more. I would consider a PS3, Wii or an X-Box

[Masaki 7-11]

Originally Posted by David M I hate to say it but don't expect to be able to play any of the new games that have any serious graphics requirements for $300. You don't start reaching that point until you hit roughly around $800 or more. I would consider a PS3, Wii or an X-Box

This $300 PC would be able to play Crysis at high settings with a 1280x1024 resolution with around 30fps, so it would handle other games fine. You have to remember that the H4670 is basically a HD3850 with a 128-bit interface, it's still quite powerful. Comparing this computer to my back up computer (Pentium D 2.8GHz, 7900GS, 1GB) which runs most games fine at medium/high settings with 1440x900 resolution, the $300 PC is probably about 20-30% faster for gaming.

[Rev_pizzaguy]

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